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Tree Story
Winner of the World Wide Fund’s 2020 Jan Wolkers Prize
Gold Winner of the 2020 Foreword INDIES Award in Ecology & Environment Bronze Winner of the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award in Environment/Ecology A 2020 Woodland Book of the Year Finalist for the Association of American Publishers 2021 PROSE Award (Environmental Science) "In this primer, a dendrochronologist explains how tree rings reveal the past via a science that exists “at the nexus of ecology, climatology and human history.”" - New York Times "One of the best ways to understand the magnitude of today's climate crisis is to burrow into the bark of old trees. Trouet eloquently guides readers through this exciting science, revealing not only how science is done but also how scientists think, how they respond to moments of inspiration and disappointment, and how their careers may unfold in surprising ways. This book is a timely love letter to a discipline and to the academic way of life." - Dagomar Degroot, Georgetown University, author of The Frigid Golden Age You can buy your (hard cover or e-book) copy of Tree Story at Johns Hopkins University Press. Alternatively, please buy it at your local bookstore if you can or at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or the like. Tree Story is now also available as an audiobook through Tantor media and on audible. Tree Story figures and endpapers (see below) were made by Oliver Uberti. |
"Valerie Trouet’s Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings is everything I had hoped it would be: intelligent, accessible, witty, and captivating"-Washington Independent Review of Books
"An accomplished and globally recognized dendroclimatologist, Trouet is knowledgeable across diverse fields of science and is a talented writer and engaging storyteller." - Science Magazine
"Tree Story gives readers a lively, sometimes visceral feel for Trouet’s work. " - Science News
""Trouet draws readers into a narrative that clearly displays her joy for her work and offers some fun with word play" - Library Journal
"A persuasive, entertaining explanation of how the codes contained in tree rings reveal the effects of climate change." - Shelf Awareness
"Tree Story is a work of science, of graphs and statistics, and words like paleotempestology, dendroprovenancing, otolith and sclerochronology to add to the lexicon." - The Spectator
"Trouet is at her best when she weaves history and climate science"-Geographical
"Part memoir, part field diary, part lucid and engaging science communication, Tree Story moves from the finest micron-level of individual tree rings to the deep geological time of the planet and the world-wrapping forces of its climate. " - Lady Science
"Dr. Trouet’s book explains her own path to and through her field, how the science she practices functions, and offers captivating examples of just what sort of things tree ring research has discovered" - The Well-read Naturalist
Chronicles of the Rings: What trees tell us - New York Times
The Wisdom of Trees - interview with KERA Think
What Tree Rings Can Tell Us About The History Of The World - interview with KJZZ
Books in Common Northwest - in conversation with Daniel Mathews
Hay un mensaje de advertencia sobre nuestro futuro dentro de los árboles - interview with Voz Populi (in Spanish)
